Judicial Appointments Commission

Dominic Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what mechanisms are used  (a) for him to be informed about and  (b) to monitor the work of the Judicial Appointments Commission.

Jack Straw: The mechanisms used to inform and monitor the work of the Judicial Appointments Commission are set out in the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 and the Framework Document that determines the relationship between the Ministry of Justice and the Judicial Appointments Commission. They include:
	Approving the JAC's strategic objectives and targets together with the policy and performance framework in which the JAC will operate;
	Approving the amount of grant in aid that the JAC receives;
	Laying the JAC's Annual Report before Parliament and;
	Considering and making decisions on JAC selections for judicial appointment.
	A copy of the Framework Document can be found on the Commission's website at:
	http://www.judicialappointments.gov.uk
	I meet Baroness Prashar, Chairman of the Commission, and his senior officials from time to time to discuss the work of the Judicial Appointments Commission.